PHASE 1.1 - Rocket BodyPurpose: This portion of the PHASE 1 - Building Process is to build the body of our rocket. The other components of the rocket will be posted as well. Group Members: Sammie and Isabel. We all worked together in order to make our body. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Beforehand Research: Andrew as well as this website helped us learn how to make the Rocket Body. The Rocket body itself will be made out of "Kraft Paper". It looks very similar to the cardboard tubes you find after finishing a paper towel role. We will be making very firm Kraft paper roles by wrapping them over pvc pipes and gluing strips of Kraft paper over it and layering it. Andrew demonstrated how to do it previously, and we also referred to this website. http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-your-own-Kraft-Paper-Tubes/?ALLSTEPS Materials:
Directions: 1. CUT STRIPS
2. WRAP FIRST LAYER
3. WRAP ADDITIONAL LAYERS
4. LEAVE TO DRY.
5. CUT OFF THE "POPE HAT"
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ What Happened? - A Rocket Body Story We first claimed a pvc pipe which was 1 1/2 inches in circumference. We chose this size because the motor circumference was 1 1/4. It was very difficult cutting the kraft paper. Sammie banned me from cutting because I moved the ruler too much. It took a long while until I was able to cut since there were so many other groups trying to cut as well. It took about 30 minutes until we were allowed to cut. My group worked together to cut by having Isabel and I holding the ruler (until I was banned), and Sammie using the X-acto knife to cut. Israel took my place for holding the ruler and we finally got our four strips. It took several tries and we had to check over and over again if the ends of the paper was aligned. But finally we got it! We continued on and grabbed the pvc pipe that we received from Brian. We picked our best and very straight strip and began to tape the end of it to the pipe. We started wrapping the first one and Braden assisted us. The first strip was very straightforward, we just wrapped it without leaving space. But then as we got to the second strip, it became really difficult. We slathered the glue onto the pole and began to wrap our second strip in the opposite direction. We asked for help and Braden helped us wrap it. He began to overlap it, saying that it'd be alright. So we just let it happen. We started to overlap the other strips and next thing we knew, our rocket was a soggy, rippled, crinkly, mess. We shouldn't have overlapped, the inside of our rocket body was not consistent in diameter. We still let it dry overnight. The next morning, it was just a shriveled up piece of cardboard. We decided to scrap it I wasn't firm and it wasn't good. So we tried again, cutting more pieces of The next morning, it was just a shriveled up piece of cardboard. We decided to scrap it I wasn't firm and it wasn't good. So we tried again, cutting more pieces of cardboard paper. But the same thing happened again with our second try. We overlapped and it just wouldn't match up perfectly. Frustrated, we asked Andrew for help. And he actually showed us how to do it, we handed him new strips, and next thing we knew we had our perfect straight cardboard tube. He used the "indian burn" method and made the tube right before our eyes. Thank you to Andrew and Braden! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ FINAL PRODUCT: Height: 13 inches Circumference: 1/34 inches Thoughts: It was honestly very difficult building our body. But I was really glad to be able to experience something like that, now I know how to make a rocket body! It was very interesting and frustrating. We know now to do these things
I feel that the outcome of the tube was very good. It seemed really sturdy the next morning, and it was the perfect tube for our rocket. I was satisfied with what we did.
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